The last two weeks, I talked about two different books by Dr. Glenn Latham. This week, continuing on talking about books that have made a positive impact on my life, I’d like to tell you about a book called “How to Think like a Behavior Analyst,” by Dr. Jon Bailey and Mary Burch. This book...
I never had a goal to write a book. It happened mostly by accident. As you may know I fell into the autism world in 1999 when my first-born son, Lucas was diagnosed with autism one day before his third birthday. I then became a Behavior Analyst in 2003 and started focusing most of my...
Did you know that up to half of children diagnosed with autism can recover if they are treated with ABA therapy when they are very young? It was first shown that kids with autism could become indistinguishable from their peers in a classic study done by Dr. Ivar Lovaas published in 1987. That was 30...
In last week’s video blog, I discussed a few ABA strategies to develop first sounds and words in children with autism. Today I’m going to discuss expanding expressive language carefully in children who are speaking in 1 or 2-word utterances where we have echoic control meaning if we say “say ball” the child will say...
Join us for this new take on the Top 5 questions, where Kelsey and I talk via Facebook Live. We’re answering questions all about stimming and scripting. This episode will help you get clear on what is stimming in autism. Whether you’re noticing stimming in your child and have concerns about autism OR stimming and vocal stimming have become excessive or dangerous, we have some great information to help you move forward.
I’m often asked by both autism professionals and parents how much of an impact they can make in an hour or two of ABA therapy per day or per week. In this week’s video blog, I’m giving you my take on how to best utilize that time:
I have a series of YouTube clips that may make getting started with the Verbal Behavior Approach a little easier for both parents and professionals! There are three short (6-8 minute) YouTube clips on the assessment and beginning ABA/VB intervention for Mia, a 2-year-old girl I diagnosed with PDD-NOS. To view a short video podcast...
